【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Chapter 169 Lin Pin'er Returns to the Capital Birds Return to Their Nests

Wei Ting tightened his hands on the steering wheel, thinking that he should speed up.

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Pin'er listened to a lot of songs along the way, and this music festival made her more interested in the band.

She found that she had listened to too much instrumental music before and didn't know enough about bands. Shui Rong found a few albums of various types of foreign bands for her to listen to.

During the one and a half hour journey, she learned about hard rock, heavy metal, punk, funk, folk, reggae, jazz…

"Have you figured out your favorite music style now?"

Pin'er shook her head, then nodded: "Actually I like jazz, but I just like to listen to it. Let's just be a mainstream band!"

Shui Rong smiled after hearing this: "I'll listen to you. I have another suggestion: take advantage of the activities in the garden to find some friends with similar interests. The lead singer is not the only important instrument in a band. All other instruments are also important."

Pin'er was reminded by his words: "Then we can organize a music event tomorrow and see who likes music in the garden first."

Shui Rong used the remote control to search for music: "The people in the garden alone are not enough. I thought of it during your meeting that day but didn't say it: I have discussed with Professor Yue and want to post a notice in the Central Conservatory of Music to recruit some music lovers. But I don't want to go through your sister-in-law, they are too eager for quick success. Shi Fan is helping me set up a website these days, and I plan to try to recruit online."

Pin'er also had an idea: "I had an idea when I attended Tina's new song release. This idea came up again at the music festival. I told you to see if it's feasible."

"Well, you go." Shui Rong stopped looking for a song, turned around and looked at Pin'er seriously.

"I envision making a music information website that can include all performance information and ticket sales. Musician recruitment and event organization can all be integrated into this website."

Shui Rong listened carefully, and after listening to her, he thought for a while and said, "This is a good idea. You have inherited the true teachings of your elder brother and learned how to combine related things."

After returning to the capital, Shifan parked the car at the gate of Jia Mu's house, dropped them off, and then went to the new garden to deliver Lin Pin'er's suitcase.

Lin Pin'er ran into the yard like a little bird returning to its nest. After entering the house, Grandmother Jia hurried to warm her hands. Pin'er could not help telling Grandmother about what she had seen and heard in the past two days. She showed her Grandmother the video of Xiangyun's singing on her mobile phone, and told her about her visit to the aircraft manufacturing base.

When she heard about the aircraft manufacturing base, Jia's mother's eyes looked strange, but she concealed her emotions.

Shui Rong had just asked about his well-being and before he had time to chat, he received a call from his eldest brother Li Hanlan.

Li Hanlan: "Are you back to the capital?"

Li Shuirong: “Yeah, just arrived.”

Li Hanlan: "How did the discussion about the helicopter expo go?"

Li Shuirong: "Everything went well. I'll give him an improved plan tonight."

Li Hanlan: "Then come and see me after dinner. Also, tell Lin Pin'er that there will be a new youth national style art exchange meeting at the National Grand Theater on New Year's Day. Ask her if she wants to participate. Reply to me as soon as possible. If she is willing, we need her photo and resume information to make a poster."

Li Hanlan hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Li Shuirong hurried in and told Lin Pin'er about this.

"Of course I want to go, but what kind of photos do you need?" Pin'er looked expectantly.

"King took a set of photos for you before. After the interview, he gave them to me. I will send them to my brother to see if they can be used. If not, I will immediately find someone to take the photos."

Pin'er stretched out her little hand: "Let me see first, why do you always have things about me that you don't show me?"

Shui Rong was so angry that he laughed: "You have forgotten about taking photos that day!" After that, he asked Zijuan for a notebook and logged into his email to download the photos.

This set of photos taken by King is very suitable for various commercial purposes. The background is simple to highlight the characters. In the photos, Pin'er is bare-faced, and light and shadow are cast on her face, depicting her facial lines very softly. There are half-length photos, head shots, and full-length photos.

"I'm sending it to my eldest brother now and asking if it can be used. If you have time, edit a resume for me. It should include the most recent competitions you participated in, when you participated, and what ranking you got. The more detailed the better."

The two of them got busy in Jia Mu's teahouse. Jia Mu admired Pin'er's photo for a while, then watched the video of Xiangyun's performance. Then she asked Yuanyang to arrange more dishes for dinner and prepared to keep them here for dinner.

Here, Shifan put down Lin Pin'er's suitcase and rushed to Lady Jia's side with Zijuan.

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The next day, Shui Rong brought the performance program of the New Youth National Style Art Exchange Conference:

Instrumental ensemble: "Red River"

Guqin solo: Dream·Unknown

Song: "Like a Dream"

·Guzheng solo: Lotus emerging from water

Instrumental ensemble: "Picking Up Sleep"

·Pipa solo: "Xu Lai"

Instrumental ensemble: "Guizhixiang"

Qin and Xiao duet: "Lixi Meiling"

Guqin solo: "Green Stream and Flowing Spring"

Instrumental ensemble: Apricot Blossoms in the Sky

Lin Pin'er's show was scheduled to be the second one, but Li Shuirong's company opened on New Year's Day, so the times clashed.

"Can you go by yourself? I'll come to see you after I finish cutting the ribbon." Shui Rong said worriedly. In fact, it was not the first time that he asked her to go alone, but he didn't know what happened this time. He felt vaguely uneasy.

"I'm sorry. I should be there when your business opens. Don't come looking for me. My second performance will definitely end early. I'll come to you as soon as it's over, okay?"

Shui Rong nodded, and then told her the rehearsal time. He also had a lot of things to do, so he decided to postpone the preparations for the event this week.

"I don't see any discussion about activities in the event group, so I guess they are not holding any activities this week."

"Well, it seems that the warehouse has just been built." Pin'er answered absentmindedly. She had a lot of things on her mind, which she needed to list out first and then decide what to do first according to priority.

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Little did they know that at this moment Li Wan, Tanchun and others were killing everyone on the third floor of the main building of Guanyuan Garden.

This week, Li Wan was busy with the decoration of her office. After that, she had to deal with the staffing issue. Although it was the "Family Art Research Society", once it was incorporated, many things had to be formalized. Since there were not many people available in the garden, she naturally had to be equipped with professional staff from the company.

Wang Xifeng arranged some people for her, including professional financial personnel, clerks, and planners, but these people were people Wang Xifeng was used to, so naturally they were not loyal enough to Li Wan, the new leader.

After a week of adjustment, Li Wan felt that not only were these people becoming lazy, but they were also gradually starting to cheat and act slyly.

After breakfast, Tanchun came over to help. Seeing several cardboard boxes on the ground, she squatted down to look through them. They were filled with pens, ink, paper and inkstones that Zhou Nei had asked them to buy on the list.

Tanchun found something wrong after taking a look, and asked for the purchase order for comparison. It turned out that there were many problems with this batch of goods, which was not a big deal.

"Sister-in-law, I'm so angry. The goods these shoppers bought are not the same as the ones in the pictures, or they are missing this or that. They even use some inferior goods to trick us. They are not the real goods."

Li Wan quickly got up and came to check.

Tanchun continued, "Last time when Brother Li held an event, we helped to set up the event. There was a purchase order in the box. I took a look at it before handing it to Shifan. I memorized all the prices. Even if I were to buy these alone, I wouldn't spend that much money, let alone to purchase goods. They are taking advantage of us because we don't understand the market and trying to trick us."

Li Wan hurriedly called the person in charge of purchasing to come in. The person thought that Li Wan was a kind and gracious person who kept silent. Besides, they were young ladies and young ladies who had no experience. How could they know the prices of these things outside? They took advantage of the purchasing work to get some kickbacks. They colluded with the boss, and the prices on the list were higher, but the actual payment was another price.

How dare this person admit it? He used words to cover up: "These things are priced by the manufacturer. After all, there is a possibility of price increase. It is ordered in the name of the company, and it is not sold only to our company. Who is going to argue about this?"

Tanchun got even angrier after hearing this: "That's nonsense. Paper and pens are what your President Wang often uses when he organizes events. If you bought them for her, would you dare to pay too much? Maybe you even have to call her to ask for permission before you dare to buy them. Do you think we don't know anything and are you trying to fool us?"